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`Confirmation No.: 1015
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`Control No.: 90/012,671
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`Art Unit: 3992
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`Filed: September 15, 2012
`For: Automated Multimedia Data
`Processing Network
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`Examiner: REICHLE, Karin M.
`Patent Owner’s Atty. Docket: 3323.002REX5
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`Declaration ofLawrence B. Lockwood Under 37 C. ER. § 1.131
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`Sir:
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`The present declaration is being filed in the above-captioned reexamination proceeding.
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`1, Lawrence B. Lockwood, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of La Jolla,
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`California, declare that:
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`1.
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`1, Lawrence B. Lockwood, am the sole inventor, patentee, and patent owner of US.
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`Patent No. 7,010,508 (“the ’508 patent”), filed April 7, 1995. I understand that the ’508 patent is
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`currently under reexamination at the United States Patent and Trademark Ofiice, as captioned
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`above.
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`I understand that claims 8-15 of the ‘508 patent currently under reexamination stand
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`rejected under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102(b) and 103(a) using Johnson as a base reference, while all other
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`claims of the ’508 patent are confirmed.
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`2.
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`I am authorized to Sign this Declaration as the patent owner of the ’508 patent. I am
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`also signing this Declaration on behalf of myself, as the sole inventor of the ’508 patent.
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`3. As discussed below in fiirther detail with reference to the relevant exhibits, (i) the
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`effective filing date of the ’508 patent is May 24, 1984, (ii) I conceived every feature recited in
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`claims 8—15 of the ’508 patent in the United States prior to September 1983 (the efl°ective date of
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`Johnson), and (iii) my conception of every feature recited in claims 8-15 of the ’508 patent was
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`coupled with due diligence from prior to September 1983 to May 24, 1984. Therefore, every
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`feature recited in claims 8-15 of the ’508 patent antedates Johnson.
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`4. Lockwood Exhibits 5-18 Bates-numbered stamped February 1993, were exhibits in
`depositions of the patent litigation Lockwood vs. American Airlines, Inc., 28 U.S.P.Q.2d 1114
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`SD. Cal. 1993), Lockwood vs. American Airlines, Inc, 30 U.S.P.Q.2d 1292 (Fed. Cir. 1994),
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`Lockwood vs. American Airlines. Inc, 34 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1290 (SD. Cal. 1994), Lockwood vs.
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`American Airlines, Inc., 37 U.S.P.Q.2d 1534 (SD. Cal. 1995), In re Lockwood, 33 U.S.P.Q.2d
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`1406 (Fed. Cir. 1995), Lockwood vs. American Airlines, Inc., 116 U.S.'29 (1995) and Lockwood
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`vs. American Airlines, Inc., 41 U.S.P.Q.2d 1961 (Fed. Cir. 1997). All the Bates-numbered
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`Lockwood Exhibits 5-18 were produced during pre—trial discovery in 1992.
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`5. The Office previously implied acceptance of my Rule 131 Declaration (and
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`Supplemental Declaration stating conception was in the United States) based on similar evidence
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`as is discussed herein for U.S. Patent No. 5,576,951 in Control No. 90/006,625. Although not
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`specifically stated, the Office withdrew a rejection attached by my Rule 13] Declaration and
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`issued a new Office Action. (May 26, 2005 Ofiice Action.) In that reexamination, the evidence
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`was implicitly accepted to overcome a June 1983 publication date of Biehal reference. The ’951
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`patent claimed similar forward and backward chaining features that performed analysis of user
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`entries and remotely accessed stored data. (’951 patent, claims 1 and 10.)
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`Story of the Invention
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`6. Throughout the late 1970’s and early 1980’s I was a pioneer in innovating technology
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`that would allow consumers to apply for financial services and other products in remote
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`terminals and get almost instantaneous decisions or alternative options.
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`7. Starting in 1979 I worked with my patent attorney Henri J.A. Charmasson (see
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`Charmasson Rule 131 Declaration,
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`filed concurrently herewith). As
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`is detailed in the
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`Charmasson Rule 131 Declaration, I filed several US. and Canadian Utility and Design patent
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`applications that continued to improve on my original conception of the invention. These
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`applications detail my conception and constructive reduction to practice of the subject matter
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`claimed .in the ‘508 patent. The “Lockwood Family of Patents” include:
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`7,010,508, filed April 1995, Automated multimedia data processing network
`6,289,319, filed Nov. 1994, Automatic business and financial transaction processing
`system
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`5,576,951, filed March 1994, Automated sales and services system
`5,309,355, filed Sept. 1993, Automated sales system
`CA 1,236,216, filed May 1985, Automatic information, goods and services dispensing
`system
`RE32,115, filed Nov. 1984, Self-service terminal
`4,567,359, filed May 1984, Automatic information, goods and services dispensing system
`CA 1,189,973, filed Oct, 1982, Self Service Terminal
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`D286,956, filed Sept. 1982, Combined automatic information terminal and vending
`machine booth
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`D276,626, filed Sept. 1981, Combined automatic information terminal and vending
`machine
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`4,359,631, filed July 1980, Self-service temiinal
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`8. The patented technology includes innovations that have been consistently years ahead
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`of their time, and include core teachings of e-commerce employing graphics, text, search and
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`shopping cart functions essential
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`to Internet retailing, electronic banking, online commerce,
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`financial services, insurance and medical systems.
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`9. Over 100 companies have licensed the Lockwood Family of Patents across multiple
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`industries.
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`10. Over 1,000 subsequent patents have cited the Lockwood Family of Patents.
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`11. In the 1970’s I conceived the invention of a multi-media interactive video terminal
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`which issued November 1982 as US. Patent No. 4,359,631, now B1 Re. 32,115.
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`12.1 continued to improve on this technology and work with my patent attorney to
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`provide him with enough information to support enablement and written description for at least
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`forward chaining that analyzed and combined user entry with stored data accessed from a remote
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`location. Thus, based on the teachings of the claimed invention of the ’631 patent, I conceived a
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`more sophisticated multi-media terminal, system, and method to provide information, goods, and
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`services.
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`13. From Summer of 1982 to Winter of 1984, I was fully engaged in developing my
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`invention that led to the ’525 application with no other employment. Throughout this time I
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`regularly met with Mr. Charmasson to discuss the progress of my invention and to receive
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`guidance on what more was needed to support his drafiing and filing of a new patent application
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`on my invention.
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`14. With regards to the subject matter in at least claim 8 of the ’508 patent, I conceived
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`my invention as early as at least Spring of 1983, and applied due diligence throughout 1983 and
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`1984, toward reduction to practice of my invention and the filing of the patent application Serial
`No. 06/613,525 for Automatic Information, Goods and Services Dispensing System on May
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`24th, 1984, which is the grandparent of the instant patent.
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`15. Additional details of the history of development of the claimed invention can be
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`found in my Centron Business Plan. (Lockwood Exhibit 9, Bates # L57.)
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`Conception and Diligence to Constructive Reduction to Practice
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`16. I understand that conception must occur in the United States, a NAFTA country, or a
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`WTO member country. (MPEP § 2138). I also understand that, to establish conception, I must
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`show possession of every feature recited in the claims, and that every feature of the claims must
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`have been known to me at the time of conception. (Id.). Further, I understand thatconception
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`must be proved using corroborating evidence. (Id.).
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`17. In addition to conception prior to the September 1983 effective date of Johnson, I
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`understand that I must show reasonable diligence from just prior to the September 1983 effective
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`date of Johnson until a reduction to practice of every feature recited in claims 8-15 of the ’508
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`patent. (NEPEP § 2138). I also understand that reduction to practice may be an actual reduction or
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`a constructive reduction to practice, the latter of which occurs when a patent application is filed.
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`(Id.). Further,
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`I understand that constructive reduction to practice requires the claims and
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`Specification of the ’508 patent is in compliance with 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph. (Id.).
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`18. Lockwood Exhibit A is a conception claim support chart showing evidence that I
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`conceived of the claimed invention of the ’508 patent prior to September 1983. Documents
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`described in the chart are discussed below,
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`19. Several of the documents refer to either Centel or Centron. I was the sole owner of
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`‘Centel and Cenu'on and the sole source of all innovations that were produced by Centel and
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`Centron. (Charmasson l3] Declaration, 1] 5; Lockwood Exhibit 2; Lockwood Exhibit 6 (Bates #
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`L106) showing me as Vice President of Centron.) Centel’s address on Lockwood Exhibit 2 and
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`Centron’s address on Lockwood Exhibit 6 were and continue to be my home address as 1 ran
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`both businesses out of my personal home office.
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`20. Lockwood Exhibit 2 is a July 27, 1982 letter fiom Senior Counsel for the State of
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`California Department of Insurance. The letter responds to my due diligence in the beginning of
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`deveioping the claimed invention regarding the feasibility of furnishing consumers with means
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`of obtaining insurance quotations and policy binders by use of credit cards from remote self-
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`service terminals.
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`21. Lockwood Exhibit 3 is US. Design Patent D286,956 filed September 26, 1982. The
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`’956 Design Patent was for an implementation of my new Automated Insurance Center (AIC)
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`invention.
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`22. Lockwood Exhibit 4 (Bates # L858) is a painting dated Fall of 1982. I commissioned
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`Umberto Baldini to paint a color rendering to show how the invention would be used in a retail
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`setting. This painting is almost identical to the patented subject matter of the ’956 Design Patent,
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`for which I am the sole inventor.
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`23. Lockwood Exhibit 5 (Bates # L855—877) ‘Centron’ Automated Insurance Centers was
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`prepared during the Fall of 1982 and the Spring of 1983. This captures my research and
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`development for a potential patent application of my invention as it would apply to the insurance
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`industry. For example, pages 9-10 (Bates # L864-65) discuss local terminals networked with and
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`accessing data from remote Centron computers and insurance company computers to perform
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`operations stored in the local terminals allowing for automated processing of applications:
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`Updates the quotation data in each automated Insurance Center
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`Collects Insurance binder data from each Automa‘ed Insurance
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`Monitors each AutomaIed Insurance Center for normal function
`Interfaces with each subscrlblng Insurance company‘s computer to
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`Processes paymems and forwards them to the Insurance company
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`24. Lockwood Exhibit 6 (Bates # L106) is a January 4, 1983 letter from Steven
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`Taniguchi of PIA Merchandising Co. The letter refers to our December 1982 meeting, during
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`Whlch we discussed what became my claimed invention and to seek marketing consultation.
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`25. In the Spring of 1983, I met with William H. Vander Velde (Exhibit 9 Bates # L66),
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`a retired Senior Vice President of the insurance brokerage firm Fred S. James and Company. I
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`explained the current version of my AIC invention I was developing. Mr. Vander Velde believed
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`that once fully developed my invention would address the insurance industJy’s need to reach
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`con5umers and promote their services. He introduced me to Mr. Charles Murray (Paragraph 29
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`below).
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`26. Lockwood Exhibit 7 (Bates # Ll32-144) are papers surrounding a Research Project:
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`Automated Insurance Centers started in April of 1983. I employed Gregory Santos (Bates #
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`L155) to write the paper. I explained to Mr. Santos my invention and shared with him ‘Centron’
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`Automated Insurance Centers (Lockwood Exhibit 5). Mr. Santos outlined what actions would be
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`needed by hardware and software technicians to implement my invention. Based on our
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`discussions of my invention, Mr. Santos prepared a Project Time Line (Bates # L144). In May
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`1983, Mr. Santos finished The Research Project, Automated Insurance Centers. He continued
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`working on the AIC project throughout 1983.
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`27. Lockwood Exhibit 8 (Bates # L878-886) details my May 1983 discussions with and
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`employment of Gerard K. Moore (Bates # L150) to work on the marketing of the AIC invention.
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`I explained to Mr. Moore my invention and shared with him ~‘Centron’ Automated Insurance
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`Centers (Lockwood Exhibit 5). Between June 17, 1983 and December 28, 1983 Mr. Moore and I
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`met regularly with insurance companies (Bates # L7] and L72), computer sofiware designers,
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`computer companies and investment bankers. These meetings involved over 450 hours of his
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`time working on the development of the AIC project during 1983.
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`28. Lockwood Exhibit 9 (Bates # L53-l60) is a ‘Centron’ Automated insurance Centers -
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`Business Plan prepared in August 1983. I prepared this with the assistance of Gerard Moore. The
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`Business Plan was instrumental
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`in obtaining investment funding during 1983 and 1984 to
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`continue development of my claimed invention.
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`29. Lockwood Exhibit 10 (Bates # L888-893) is a marketing strategy developed in
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`September 1983 based on my August 1983 meeting with Charles F. Murray, president of
`Consumer Marketing. I met with MrrMurray to take advantage of his marketing relationships
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`with many of the major insurance companies and banks. I wanted to use this network to promote
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`AIC’s so that I could continue developing the technology and eventually protect the technology
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`in my claimed invention. We developed the marketing strategy for the installation of the new
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`insurance sales and information AIC invention in multiple locations.
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`30. Lockwood Exhibit 1 l (Bates # 14900-903) is a November 1983 invoice ordering two
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`AIC scale models from Dimensional Coordinates, Inc. to enhance the marketing of the claimed
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`invention.
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`31. Lockwood Exhibit 12 (Bates # L1614-1641) is a February 1984 Security Pacific
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`Corporation AIC proposal. This document describes how Mr. Murray continued his marketing
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`meetings with insurance companies and banks throughout the Fall and Winter of 1983 and
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`Spring, Summer and Fall of 1984. As mere example, Mr. Murray and I made marketing
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`presentations of the AIC invention in early 1984 to Bank of America executives at their San
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`Francisco corporate offices and Security Pacific executives at their San Diego corporate offices.
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`32. On July 25, 1983, Mr. Moore and I met with Mr. Loeschner of Digital Equipment
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`Corporation (Lockwood Exhibit 8, Bates # L879). Mr. Loeschner recommended that I use a San
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`Diego firm named Com Technology to assist me in implementing the technology I had been
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`diligently continuing to develop to be used in future AIC products. This would also allow me to
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`further develop the information needed to prepare a patent application protecting the claimed
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`invention in the ’508 patent.
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`33. Lockwood Exhibit 13 (Bates # L895-899) demonstrates that during August and
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`September of 1983, I met with Com Technology and explained my AIC invention in order to
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`develop a demonstration system. After evaluating their capabilities and determining they could
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`develop a demonstration system, I employed Com Technology in October 1983. For example,
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`they agreed to build a system described as:
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`COM TECHNOLOGY agrees to deliver to CENTRON a demonstration system
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`34. Lockwood Exhibit 14 (Bates # L161-184) is an August 1983 document called the
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`Automated Insurance System detailing the hardware and communications of the AIC network
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`developed by Com Technology. This document was instrumental in continuing to capture the
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`claimed invention of the ’508 patent. For example, Figure 2 of the ’525 application and the ’508
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`patent is shown as the System Overview (Lockwood Exhibit 14 Bates # L164).
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`35. This shows that before September 1983 I had developed the claimed invention to the
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`point to allow for receipt of local input and access remote input, via the modem, and was able to
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`explain that system to Com Technology in enough detail to produce the Figure that eventually
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`made its way into the ”355 application and ’508 patent. However, I was still working on
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`implementation of the claimed invention.
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`36. Lockwood Exhibit 13 (Bates # L1579) is a Proprietary Rights Agreement I executed
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`on behalf of Centron with Com Technology.
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`37. Lockwood Exhibit 18 (Bates # L853-854) is an invoice for equipment from Digital
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`Equipment Corporation purchased to continue development of my AIC invention.
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`38. Lockwood Exhibit 16 (Bates # L189-265) is a document, Automated Insurance
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`Network, written by Mr. Thomas F. McCarthy, an insurance software programmer I hired. I
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`interviewed him in December 1983 and hired him in February 1984. He helped to further
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`develop my invention. For example, he was able to take my ideas and generate a diagram (Bates
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`Bates L1 92
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`FIG. 1 of ’508 Patent
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`Mr. Charmasson, my patent attorney, was able to later use this for the basis of Figure 1 in
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`the ’525 application and the ’508 patent;
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`39. Also, bi—direction data flow is discussed (Bates # L218) where processing is
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`performed on local data and accessed remote stored data.
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`40. Further, regarding flow diagrams (Bates # L250 and L262-265) , Mr. Charmasson,
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`my patent attorney, was able to use these as the basis for Figure 3-7 in the ’525 application and
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`the ’508 patent my patent application.
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`41. Mr. McCarthy completed the document
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`in April 1984 and a Proprietary Rights
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`Agreement was executed (Lockwood Exhibit 15, Bates # L1577 and L1578). Mr. McCarthy
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`continued working on the AIC project throughout 1984.
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`42. Afier this document was completed, along with the other documents discussed above,
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`Mr. Charmasson, my patent attorney, finally had enough information to prepare and file the ’525
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`patent application on May 24, 1984, which issued as US. Patent No. 4,567,359 on January 28,
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`1986 (Lockwood Exhibit 17).
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`CLAIMS 8-15 OF THE ’508 PATENTARE FULLY SUPPORTED IN THE ’525
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`43. Lockwood Exhibit B is a Priority Support Chan demonstrating that the effective
`filing date of the ’508 patent is May 24, 1984, which is the filing date of the ’525 application
`hecause (i) as evident on the face of the {508 patent, the ’508 patent preperly claims priority to
`the ’525 application and (ii) every feature recitedin ciaims 8-15 ofthe ’508 patent is supported
`by the disclosure ofthe ’525 patent“
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`44.1 uhderstahd that, based on the effective tiling date of May 24,1984, of the ’508
`patent, Johnson15 not availahie as prior art because Johnson has an effectivedate of September
`1983. Therefore, consistent with the requirementsof MPEP § 715, this Declaration1S effective to
`establish invention of claims 8-15 of the ’508 patent prior to the effective date of September
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and that
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`all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true; and further that these
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`statements were made with the knowledge that willful false statements and the like so made are
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`punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States
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`Code, and that such willful false statements mayjeopardize the validity of the ‘508 patent.
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`Respectfully submitted on behalf of Patent Owner Lawrence B. Lockwood pursuant to 37
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`Lawrence Lockwood Rule 131 Declaration
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Ex Parte Reexamination of:
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`US. Patent No. 7,010,508 to LOCKWOOD
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`Confirmation No.: 1015
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`Control No.: 90/012,671
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`Art Unit: 3992
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`Filed: September 15, 2012
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`Examiner: REICHLE, Karin M.
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`For: Automated Multimedia Data
`Processing Network
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`Patent Owner's Atty. Docket: 3323.002REX5
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`Declaration ofHenri J.A. Charmasson Under 37 GER. § 1.131
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`Mail Stop "Ex Parte Reexam "
`Attn: Central Reexamination Unit
`Commissioner for Patents
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Sir:
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`The present declaration is being filed in the above-captioned reexamination proceeding.
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`I, Henri J .A. Charrnasson, declare that:
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`I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of San Diego, California.
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`I am a patent attorney Reg. 27,478 having practiced from 1977 to 2009.
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`Mr. Lockwood was referred to me by attorney John Thomas of San Diego in 1979 to
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`patent his idea for a multi-media computerized terminal in communication with remote data sources
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`for the purchase of information, goods and services.
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`Mr. Lockwood had been a client of my firm since 1979.
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`Atty. Docket No.: 3323.002REX5
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`I met frequently with Mr. Lockwood in 1982, 1983 and 1984 to discuss his ideas and
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`how to protect them. We discussed copyrights, trademarks and patents. During this time, Mr.
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`Lockwood was the owner and main inventor at Centel and Centron.
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`I was aware Mr. Lockwood was actively working full—time to develop his Automated
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`Insurance Center business.
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`I continued to advise him of the necessary software and hardware
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`specifications needed to protect his idea’s in patents for his invention.
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`I was aware Mr. Lockwood was working on documenting his current ideas and
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`business plan building off the design patent I had previously filed for Mr. Lockwood in September
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`1982.
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`To my knowledge the Automated Insurance Centers business was Mr. Lockwood's
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`sole creation. He hired many persons to assist him with mere technician duties to design and
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`implement his ideas by proposing software and hardware specifications to implement his invention.
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`As his patent attorney I did not think any contributions made by any other party to the
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`development of Mr. Lockwood’s ideas made them an inventor on ’525 family of Mr. Lockwood’s
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`patents.
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`10. Mr. Lockwood and I met regularly during 1982, 1983 and 1984 to discuss his
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`progress to develop his business and the necessary hardware and software material for filing his
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`patent application in May 1984 which issued as U.S. Patent No. 4,567,359.
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`I was the attorney of record for the U.S. patents discussed in Mr. Lockwood’s 131
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`Declaration. I was the managing attorney for the Canadian patents discussed in Mr. Lockwood’s
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`131 Declaration.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and that
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`all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true; and timber that these
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`statements were made with the knowledge that willful false statements and the like so made are
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`punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States
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`Code, and that such willful false statements mayjeopardize the validity of the '508 patent.
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`Executed this if A day of May, 2013 in San Diego, CA.
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`Date: 9/, /4‘/a20/§
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